#admins, Why is the old defunct line from Bamanhat to Golokganj junction via Sonahat, Pateshwari and Bhurungamari (all 3 now in Bangladesh) is showing up as a new line in the Atlas ? I believe it should be a defunct MG line shown in grey colour and as per my knowledge no new lines in the same route has been planned as of now.Same goes for the New-Gitaldaha to Lalmonirhat line. The old Gitaldaha (india) to Mogalhat (now in Bangladesh) line is now defunct. Infact old Gitaldhaha is a defunct station now as well. I am not aware of any plans to renew these lines hence would request the #admins to correct the same in the atlas. P.S.:...more...

I am not sure how to tag the admins so if any kind soul can, please do :)

So finally got a chance today to cover the newly swarna upgraded Howrah - Ranchi Shatabdi Express. Most probably it was running on HOG (refer to the last pic where u can see LP and staffs are connecting something). Here are a few pic of the newly upgraded rake

1 - Shunter brought the rake of Shatabdi on pf 11 sharp at 5.15Pic 2 - New TB of Shatabdi exp. It git this TB after it got it's rake upgraded under swarna projectPic 3 - The old coach indicators cum TBsPic 4 - The interior of each coaches has been decorated magnificently. Paintings or pictures has been hung on the two sides of the door which highlights various tourist places of bengal or showcases various cultural aspects of bengalPic 5, 6 - Just two of such Pictures highlighting two tourist places of bengal, Bishop village and Shankarpur. Other pictures showcased Shantiniketan, Bishnupur, Lalmati, Tea Gardens of North bengal, etcPic 7,8,9 - Decorated and well designed interiors of the coaches. The vestibules are covered with a carpet and has been provided with a dustin which remains attched with the handle near the vestibulePic 10 - Finally it was 5.50 when white stallion of howrah came to take charge of his majestyPic 11 - In this pic, the LP and other staffs can be seen doing some sort of connection between the loco and EOG. Untill now the rear EOG was on but after sometime the rear EOG was switched off. Not sure if it was running on HOG or something else.

Some other features of this rake was tge fire alarm and well designed seats covers which i couldn't cover

LALGANJ (RAEBARELI): Union Minister for Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal has said that the process of manufacturing the first coach from the modern coach factory, Raebareili in the year 2011 was just a ‘dhong’ (eyewash) to befool the countrymen and was done keeping in mind the elections. He was on a day’s visit to this coach factory on Sunday, foundation stone of which was laid down in 2007.“A small shed was made and some coaches were brought from outside and after doing some furnishing, it was claimed that they were manufactured here, ‘kya iss prakar factory lagti hai’ (is this the way a factory is established), questioned the minister after inspecting the entire factory for around an hour, on Sunday.“It...more...

pains me to see that there are several machines which were procured in 2011-12 and 13 and have never been used, their quality is not up to the mark and I have ordered an inquiry to find out who all were responsible for procuring these substandard machines that were not used since year’s together”, said Goyal. He added that no one would be spared, be it any official or politician.Goyal was talking to media after holding meeting with the senior officials of the factory and meeting representatives of the workers' union.The Minister said that from its Inception in 2007 to 2011, almost no work was done in this high potential coach factory of the country. “It's very sad that since 2007 just one railway minister took effort to visit this factory but it is equally good to see that this year, the factory would be manufacturing 700 mordern coaches and the capacity of this plant would be doubled in the next financial year (around 1500) and in subsequent year the plant will manufacture 3000 modern coaches, as assured by me in the investor’s summit at Lucknow”, he said.For enhancing the capacity of the factory, manpower would also be increased for which the factory authorities would be working out the needed strength and railway board would do the needful.The minister also announced that an ancillary unit would be set up near the factory which will not only support the requirement of the factory but also produce employment for locals. “I will be meeting the chief minister and request for providing the land for the same”, he said.

LALGANJ (RAEBARELI): Union Minister for Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal has said that the process of manufacturing the first coach from the modern coach factory, Raebareili in the year 2011 was just a ‘dhong’ (eyewash) to befool the countrymen and was done keeping in mind the elections. He was on a...

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